Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ spine a little sunned. Black & white illustrations. 305 pages. Aquest to see all 54 stuffed Labrador duck specimens that remain in existence. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Seller Inventory # 300922

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Title: The Curse of the Labrador Duck. My Obsessive...

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Hardback

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st US Edition.

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A leading ornithologist describes his pursuit of surviving evidence of the believed-extinct Labrador Duck, an effort for which he traveled extensively throughout the world and experienced numerous misadventures from swimming unclothed in a glacier-fed stream to dining with Russian gangsters.

About the Author:

Glen Chilton, Ph.D., is a member of every major ornithological society. His scientific research has been published in many scholarly journals including The Auk, the most prestigious ornithological publication in the world. He lives in Australia with his wife.

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